Simplify your small business accounting with confidence!
Managing the books for a small business can be a challenging task--just ask any of the countless business owners and managers who have spent hour after hour hunched over multiple spreadsheets. QuickBooks 2016 All-In-One For Dummies takes the pain out of managing your small business' finances through one essential reference. This reference covers virtually everything you need to take control of your business and guide your company's financial processes in the right direction.
QuickBooks is a trusted resource for small businesses because its software is designed to help you handle your financial and business management tasks efficiently and effectively. With QuickBooks, you can establish fundamental accounting practices that help keep your company successful and healthy.
* Cover the basics, including understanding double entry bookkeeping, planning and setting up a QuickBooks accounting system, and loading master file lists
* Create a dynamic accounting environment by adding customer invoices, vendor payments, inventory tracking, cash management, and bank account information
* Establish DIY payroll processes, and prepare essential financial statements and reports
* Manage and balance financial needs through activity-based costing, project and job costing systems, ratio analysis, economic value added analysis, capital budgeting, budget building, business plan forecasts, and more
QuickBooks 2016 All-In-One For Dummies is the guide you need to take care of your small business' books with confidence!
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Höhe: 23.3 cm
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Dicke: 3.1 cm
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978-1-119-12607-2 (9781119126072)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Stephen L. Nelson, MBA, CPA, MS, provides accounting, business advisory, tax planning, and tax preparation services for small businesses such as manufacturers, retailers, service firms, and start-up technology companies. He has written more than 100 books, which have sold more than five million copies.
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Redmond, Washington
Introduction 1
Book I: An Accounting Primer 7
Chapter 1: Principles of Accounting 9
Chapter 2: Double-Entry Bookkeeping 29
Chapter 3: Special Accounting Problems 49
Book II: Getting Ready to Use QuickBooks 71
Chapter 1: Setting Up QuickBooks 73
Chapter 2: Loading the Master File Lists 91
Chapter 3: Fine-Tuning QuickBooks 115
Book III: Bookkeeping Chores 147
Chapter 1: Invoicing Customers 149
Chapter 2: Paying Vendors 183
Chapter 3: Tracking Inventory and Items 203
Chapter 4: Managing Cash and Bank Accounts 233
Chapter 5: Paying Employees 263
Book IV: Accounting Chores 273
Chapter 1: For Accountants Only 275
Chapter 2: Preparing Financial Statements and Reports 291
Chapter 3: Preparing a Budget 311
Chapter 4: Using Activity-Based Costing 323
Chapter 5: Setting Up Project and Job Costing Systems 339
Book V: Financial Management 349
Chapter 1: Ratio Analysis 351
Chapter 2: Economic Value Added Analysis 369
Chapter 3: Capital Budgeting in a Nutshell 383
Book VI: Business Plans 399
Chapter 1: Profit-Volume-Cost Analysis 401
Chapter 2: Creating a Business Plan Forecast 419
Chapter 3: Writing a Business Plan 455
Book VII: Care and Maintenance 469
Chapter 1: Administering QuickBooks 471
Chapter 2: Protecting Your Data 489
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting 505
Book VIII: Appendixes 511
Appendix A: A Crash Course in Excel 513
Appendix B: Government Web Resources for Businesses 531
Appendix C: Glossary of Accounting and Financial Terms 547
Index 583
